Phares: Lebanese MP Ghanem
was killed by the “axis”
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UN
Chapter 7 is a must
Commenting on the Terrorist act that
killed Lebanese MP Antoine Ghanem and a number of
civilians today, Professor Walid Phares, director of
the Future Terrorism Project in Washington said: “As
projected, this is another assassination conducted
within the campaign launched by the Syro-Iranian axis
to reduce the majority in Parliament and obstruct the
election of a new President who would represent the
views of the democratic majority. Eliminating MP
Ghanem is a terror act and a war crime identical to
the assassination of other Lebanese leaders such as
former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and MPS Gebran
Tueni, Pierre Gemayel and Walid Eido. This is a
massacre of democracy in Lebanon, happening in front
of the eyes of the international community and should
be met with determination. For the Syrian-Iranian axis
and their extensions in Lebanon including Hezbollah,
its allies, other militias and the Jihadist cells, are
directly responsible for this Terror.”
Phares, who worked on UNSCR 1559 in 2004, said “it is
incumbent on the Security Council of the UN to vote a
resolution to put the Presidential election under
Chapter 7 of the charter. Lebanon’s borders and most
areas in the country are now unsafe and have been
infiltrated by the Terrorist networks. Clearly the UN
has the obligation to intervene directly to save
Lebanon’s democratic process and its citizens and
elected officials from further acts of terror. UN
forces should protect the legislators, the meeting
place and deploy along the Syrian Lebanese borders.
Nothing else would stop the bloodshed.”
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